true; really what it is said to be
authentic, real
Cases of word usage
1) not natural or genuine often in order to make oneself seem superior (affected)
2) a kind of behaviour, style of speaking, that is not natural or genuine (affectation)
3) the quality of being genuine (authenticity)
4) not genuine (bogus)
5) the act of causing a person to accept as true or genuine something that is false (deceit)
6) a work of art etc that looks genuine but is not (fake)
7) not genuine or real (phony)
8) apparent but perhaps not real or genuine (seeming)
9) false; not genuine (spurious)
10) not genuine or true (trumped-up)